Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 东升, 东生, 东昇, 冬升, 冬生, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /tʊŋ.ʂɤŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 东 (dōng) meaning "east" or 冬 (dōng) meaning "winter" combined with 升 or 昇 (shēng) meaning "rise, ascent" or 生 (shēng) meaning "living, fresh". Other character combinations can form this name as well.